Breakup | Mean of breakup in English Dictionary

/ˈbreɪkˌʌp/

• Noun
• the end of a relationship, marriage, etc.
1. Money problems often lead to marital breakups.
2. She's just gone through a bad/painful breakup with her boyfriend.
3. He began drinking heavily following the breakup of his marriage.
4. a couple heading for marital breakup
• the separation of something into smaller parts or pieces
1. What caused the breakup of the Roman Empire?
2. the breakup of a monopoly
3. the breakup of an asteroid as it hits the Earth's atmosphere